ENDANGERED TROLLS
Springtime is upon us, and as the long nights of winter begin to give way to the dog days of Summer, so too do the Northern Woodbourne Trolls engage in their annual courtship ritual. And once the trolls successfully mate, the pregnant female Woodbourne will need to gain over 200lbs, often doubling her body weight, to survive until her babies are born. But her travails don’t end there; she will need to nurse them for over two and a half years before the cubs are finally able to fend for themselves.
Unfortunately, nursing trollkin for 32 months isn’t even the greatest challenge to this dwindling population. That distinction goes to the rampant, often illegal, over-forestation of the area that has pushed the Northern Pennsylvania trolls to the brink of extinction. HETFET estimates that the Woodbourne troll population has recently dropped under 3000 for the first time. This comes as no surprise as the Woodbourne Forest, once a sprawling oasis of white pine, hemlocks, ash and maples, has been reduced to a 648-acre Wildlife Preserve that is too small to accommodate an ecological system that has included trolls and elves for the past 600 years. And because of their shrinking habitat, the Woodbourne trolls face relentless competition for the food and shelter required to survive. The Woodbourne’s diet, consisting mostly of wild turkey, ferrel feline, white-tailed deer and pixies, now must compete ever more fiercely with black bears, wood elves and coyotes.
But the most dangerous challenge these trolls face, ironically, is from each other. This is due to the fact that trolls are extremely volatile when provoked, and will almost always fight to the death if faced with defending their food supply or territory. A recent HETFET study found that in the years 2006-2007, one out of five troll deaths was brought about by another troll; a fifty percent increase since 2004-2005. With this deadly combination of limited food, dwindling shelter and intraspecies fighting, the study projects that, barring external intervention, Woodbourne trolls will be extinct by the year 2030. These precious otherkin deserve a chance and you can make the difference by joining Hetfet today (link to join).
In response to this need for immediate action, HETFET has mobilized the “Save The Trolls” campaign to raise awareness for this incredibly important cause, with the ultimate goal being to help create legislation to ensure the survival of the Woodbourne trolls. In order to achieve that goal, HETFET implores everyone reading this column to contact their local government immediately. Only through congressional intervention can this creature quickly be declared an endangered species. Unfortunately, that designation is the only way that these magnificent beings will survive the 21st Century!
Help us SAVE THE TROLLS by taking a stand and link to us today!
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